Evil, betrayal and forgiveness – «Midnight show with Giuda Iscariota» premiered at the Daile Theater / Article

The Dailes Theater has entrusted a grandiose task to the head of the puppet theater, Mārtiņš Eich, to stage one of the world’s top 10 theatrical performances of the moment. Its author is the commercially successful US playwright Steven Adley Girgis.

Director Mārtiņš Eihe explains that great and important works, be they Shakespeare, Chekhov or Blaumanis, speak of general values ​​that are also linked to the present day, and the director’s task is to create this bridge. “The most important thing is that nothing is clear. We can look at any issue and see if it differs from each of us, even if we have the same opinion, our views may be different, which sheds some light on And this is what the plays are about., and the great advantage of the show is that we can look at things from different aspects, and there is no big difference in our inner experiences whether we betray Jesus or if we betray our wife. The dimension of betrayal does not change the fact of the betrayal “, underlines the director.

Judas Iscariot was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ. According to the New Testament, Jesus knew in advance who would betray him and revealed it at the Last Supper by pointing to the apostle Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed him for 30 silver coins. Actor Lauris Dzelzītis has a difficult task: to play a traitor who committed suicide and the reasons for his actions have become one of the most important mysteries.

The show takes place in Purgatory. The lawyer, the prosecutor and the judge interrogate various characters to solve the great puzzle about the reasons for the betrayal. From Mother Iscariot and Mary Magdalene, Pontius Pilate or Saint Peter to Sigmund Freud, Satan and Mother Teresa.

The viewer of the first, the philosopher and poet Ilmars Šlāpins admits: “The author of the work has taken one of the most interesting, mysterious and confusing events in the history of the world or in world literature, as anyone perceives it. Judas and his relationship. with Jesus. What was it? Why did it happen? What were the consequences? Did it have to happen? Was it an expression of free will? The versions of what happened to Judas, what he really did, whether it was important, pathetic or great. .. these discussions between theologians, philosophers, historians, a lot has also happened to atheists and historians of atheism. You can compile a list of versions on how to understand this event “.

Henrietta Verhoustinska, theater critic, editor and presenter of the cultural programs of LTV, comments: “I think the question is very current today: can absolute evil be forgiven? Is there absolute evil and can it be forgiven? And I think nowadays, of course, it is a very important question that the show asks “.

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